The drive to this hill station was very long. It also didn’t help that our taxi driver wasn’t patient as soon as we hit traffic, so we think he took us on an even longer route to not sit in traffic but the roads were so windy we ended up…

We got to Mahé in the late afternoon. We checked in straight away, donned our running gear, and headed straight to the harbour side for a 5k sunset run. Of course, we made a stop to admire the sunset and the completely empty white beaches. We struggled to find dinner…

The best train seats we could find to get us to Mangalore was a second class fan assisted carriage. Just before we were getting on the train, James noticed there was more than one station in Mangalore, so asked which station I had booked us tickets to. I had no…

Our next stop was Gokarna meaning we would now be leaving the state of Goa. Gokarna was a place James had found. I was a little gutted I didn’t take up the opportunity to go surfing in Agonda, but apparently Gokarna also has beginner waves which I was looking forwards…

It was a bit of a trickier journey, requiring a change of bus after the first 2-hour local bus ride. We managed to get seats on the first bus and just about managed to squeeze our luggage in with us where we were sitting, albeit not particularly comfortably. The local…

Grandad had actually recommended this place for us to visit, and I had also seen a sponsored ad on Instagram for a cute hotel I was interested in checking out. It was just an hour on the express bus—nicely air-conditioned—followed by a short tuk-tuk ride to our hotel for the…

After almost a full day of travelling, we made it to Panaji. We were met by Mrs. Fernandez, our slightly crazy but very lovely host. Since it was now dinner time, we asked for some restaurant recommendations which were vegetarian friendly. She completely didn’t understand vegetarianism and was just so…

I woke up feeling a little unwell. I couldn’t tell exactly what was the matter, but something didn’t feel quite right – was I going to be sick, or was it the other way around? Whilst James was checking us out of the hotel, I went out to get some…

Our first night in Jaisalmer, we tried planning our onwards journey. Our original itinerary had Bikaner as our next stop, but after looking on RedBus (the go-to website for booking buses in India), we soon realised the buses that were available to Bikaner either departed or arrived at a really…

The Golden City Our bus rolled into Jaisalmer at 9:30 pm, and thankfully, we managed to get dropped off slightly closer to our hotel. However, navigating the narrow, winding streets in the dark proved to be a challenge. Google Maps, while helpful, didn’t quite account for the labyrinthine alleys or…